Estonian parlt to discuss ratification of NATO accession protocols for Finland, Sweden

TALLINN – The parliament of Estonia at its extraordinary sitting on Wednesday will discuss ratification of the NATO accession protocols for Finland and Sweden.

At the proposal of the government, Riigikogu speaker Juri Ratas has convened an extraordinary session of the Riigikogu in the Session Hall of Toompea Castle on July 6.

The first sitting of the extraordinary session will start at noon and continue until all items on the agenda have been deliberated. The agenda of the first sitting includes the first reading of the Bill on the Ratification of the Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty on the Accession of the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden, initiated by the government.

The foreign affairs committee of the Riigikogu will hold its sitting one hour after the end of the first sitting.

The second sitting of the extraordinary session will begin two hours after the end of the first sitting and continue until all items on the agenda have been deliberated. The agenda of the second sitting includes the second reading of the Bill on the Ratification of the Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty on the Accession of the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden, initiated by the government.